Bathroom rug



EL M. AUM.

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BATHROOM RUG Filed July 17. 51923 L w m U n ad @Hom/w13 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.

IrvUNITED STATES BENEDICT M. AULI, F AUTUN, SOfUTH CAROLINA.

Barmen nue.

Application led July 17, 1925K.V Serial No. 852,088.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENEDICT M. AULL, a citizen ofl the United States, residing at Autun, in the county of Anderson and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Bathroom Rug, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel bath room rug or mat so made 1J that water when splashed on it will go through the pores and leave the top of the rug dry and not water soaked, as in the case of the average bath rug, and to provide a process for the rapid manufacture of my H1 rugs or mats. I attain these and other objects of my invention by weaving the rug in the manner or form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my in- I" vention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of a/portion of one corner of same; and

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Like numerals indicate like parts in each of the several views. Referring to the accompanying drawings, I Weave the rug in two distinct layers or strips of open mesh leno weave, the top layer 1 resting loosely on the' bottom layer 1i 2. Near but spaced from the longitudinal edges of the rug I interweave the top and bottom layers 1 and 2, respectively, in' a close plain weave section 3 on opposlte sides of the rug; and near but spaced from the ends of the rug I interweave the top layer 1 and bottom layer 2 in a close plain woven transverse section 4, as shown in Fig. 1. I also interweave the top layer 1 and the bottom layer 2 in a plain close weave extending along and forming the longitudinal edges of the rug 5, as shown in Fig. 1. I also interweave the 'ends of the rug and sew them ac'ross with a suitable type of stitching 6 to efectually prevent unraveling.

In the ,process of weaving the rug, the top layer l and the bottom layer 2 are woven simultaneously in open mesh weave, the loom being adjusted to shift at the appropriate times to a close plain weave for weaving the reinforcing and ornamental close woven sections 3 and 4.

The rug does not become watersoaked when in use as does the average bath room rug, which makes the`usual bath rug very uncomfortable to stand on when it has become watersoaked. The open mesh weaving allows the water splashed on the rug to go through for the most part to the bottom layer, thereby increasing @the usefulness of the rug. 4

IWhat I claim is:

1. A bath room rug comprising a plurality of-layers of material woven in an open mesh leno weave, said layers having longitudinal and transverse sections interwoven along the edges of the rug f and at the ends thereof.

2. A' bath room rug comprising a plurality of layers of material each woven in an open mesh leno weave, said layers having their edge portionsinterwoven in plain weave to prevent unraveling, and having lines of stitching extending across the ends of the rug.V r

3. A bath room rug comprising like separate layers of material each layer being woven in an open mesh weave, means for preventing the edge portions of the rug from unraveling, the layers of materialpbeing interwoven in a close plain weave in sections extending longitudinally and transversel of the rug near but s aced from the e ges thereof to reinforce t e rug and increase its ornamental appearance.

BENEDICT M. AUM.. 

